Patents by Inventor Chih-Min Cheng

Chih-Min Cheng has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20050250910
    Abstract: A composition for use as a thermal interface material in a heat-generating electronic device is provided. The composition comprises a blend of fluoroelastomer components that are copolymers of hexafluoropropylene and vinylidene and consists of greater than 40% fluorine along the backbone, and conductive filler particles. The blend contains at least one component with a Mooney viscosity of 50 poise or less and at least one component with a Mooney viscosity of greater than 50 poise.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2005
    Publication date: November 10, 2005
    Inventors: Chih-Min Cheng, Andrew Collins
  • Patent number: 6874573
    Abstract: A composition for use as a thermal interface material in a heat-generating electronic device is provided. The composition comprises a blend of nitrile rubber and carboxyl-terminated butadiene, carboxyl-terminated butadiene nitrile or a mixture thereof, and conductive filler particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2005
    Assignee: National Starch and Chemical Investment Holding Corporation
    Inventors: Andrew Collins, Chih-Min Cheng
  • Publication number: 20050022971
    Abstract: A composition for use as a thermal interface material in a heat-generating electronic device is provided. The composition comprises a blend of nitrile rubber and carboxyl-terminated butadiene, carboxyl-terminated butadiene nitrile or a mixture thereof, and conductive filler particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2003
    Publication date: February 3, 2005
    Inventors: Andrew Collins, Chih-Min Cheng
  • Publication number: 20040180209
    Abstract: A composition for use as a thermal interface material in a heat-generating electronic device is provided. The composition comprises a blend of fluoroelastomer components that are copolymers of hexafluoropropylene and vinylidene and consists of greater than 40% fluorine along the backbone, and conductive filler particles. The blend contains at least one component with a Mooney viscosity of 50 poise or less and at least one component with a Mooney viscosity of greater than 50 poise.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2003
    Publication date: September 16, 2004
    Inventors: Chih-Min Cheng, Andrew Collins
  • Publication number: 20040169162
    Abstract: A composition that comprises a) an admixing of at least one epoxy resin and aliphatic amine wherein the ratio of epoxy function group/amine is greater than 1; b) a conductive filler; c) one or more corrosion inhibitors, oxygen scavengers or both; d) imidazole as a curing agent/catalyst; and e) optionally other additives such as organic solvents, flow additives, adhesion promoters and rheology modifiers. The reaction of epoxy and aliphatic amine with excess epoxy functionality results in a flexible resin with remaining active epoxy groups. The compositions exhibit improved electrical stability and impact resistance over other conductive adhesive compositions that do not comprise the admixture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2003
    Publication date: September 2, 2004
    Inventors: Yue Xiao, Sun Hee Lehmann, Chih-Min Cheng, Gunther Dreezen
  • Patent number: 6776226
    Abstract: A thermal interface member in a heat generating, electronic device is provided. The thermal interface member comprises either a single fluoroelastomer or a blend of fluoroelastomer components that are copolymers of hexafluoropropylene and vinylidene and consists of greater than 40% fluorine along the backbone, and one or more conductive fillers. The fluoroelastomer blend contains at least one component with a Mooney viscosity of 50 poise or less and at least one component with a Mooney viscosity of greater than 50 poise, while the single fluoroelastomer component may have a Mooney viscosity of either less than or greater than 50.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2004
    Assignee: National Starch and Chemical Investment Holding Corporation
    Inventors: Chih-Min Cheng, Andrew Collins
  • Patent number: 6583201
    Abstract: An composition with improved electrical stability for use in microelectronic applications comprises a polymeric resin, a conductive filler, a curing agent, optionally either a reactive or a nonreactive diluent and a corrosion inhibitor to provide the electrical stability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2003
    Assignee: National Starch and Chemical Investment Holding Corporation
    Inventors: Chih-Min Cheng, Gerry Fredrickson, Girish Hanchinamani
  • Publication number: 20020193467
    Abstract: An composition with improved electrical stability for use in microelectronic applications comprises a polymeric resin, a conductive filler, a curing agent, optionally either a reactive or a nonreactive diluent and a corrosion inhibitor to provide the electrical stability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2001
    Publication date: December 19, 2002
    Inventors: Chih-Min Cheng, Gerry Fredrickson, Girish Hanchinamani
  • Patent number: 6344157
    Abstract: An composition with improved electrical stability for use in microelectronic applications comprises a polymeric resin, a conductive filler, optionally either a reactive or a nonreactive diluent, optionally an inert filler, and an oxygen scavenger or corrosion inhibitor or both to provide the electrical stability. Alternatively, the composition may also include a low melting point metal filler component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2002
    Assignee: National Starch and Chemical Investment Holding Corporation
    Inventors: Chih-Min Cheng, Gerald Fredrickson, Yue Xiao, Quinn K. Tong, Daoqiang Lu